diff --git a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
index 8e3c6c015..a34259d16 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class BulkUpdateRequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def index
-    @bulk_update_requests = BulkUpdateRequest.paginate(params[:page])
+    @bulk_update_requests = BulkUpdateRequest.order("id desc").paginate(params[:page])
     respond_with(@bulk_update_requests)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb b/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
index 066ee95d4..7d7d3b02f 100644
--- a/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 class BulkUpdateRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
+  attr_accessor :title, :reason
+
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :forum_topic
 
   validates_presence_of :user
   validates_inclusion_of :status, :in => %w(pending approved rejected)
-  attr_accessible :user_id, :forum_topic_id, :script
+  attr_accessible :user_id, :forum_topic_id, :script, :title, :reason
   attr_accessible :status, :as => [:admin]
   before_validation :initialize_attributes, :on => :create
+  after_create :create_forum_topic
 
   def approve!
     AliasAndImplicationImporter.new(script, forum_topic_id, "1").process!
     update_attribute(:status, "approved")
   end
 
+  def create_forum_topic
+    forum_topic = ForumTopic.create(:title => "[bulk] #{title}", :category_id => 1, :original_post_attributes => {:body => reason_with_link})
+    update_attribute(:forum_topic_id, forum_topic.id)
+  end
+
+  def reason_with_link
+    "[code]\n#{script}\n[/code]\n\nh4. Reason\n\n#{reason}\n\n\"Link to request\":/bulk_update_requests/#{id}\n"
+  end
+
   def reject!
     update_attribute(:status, "rejected")
   end
diff --git a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/index.html.erb b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/index.html.erb
index 81e44940a..c01d5baa7 100644
--- a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/index.html.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       <thead>
         <tr>
           <th>Creator</th>
+          <th>Forum</th>
           <th>Script</th>
           <th>Status</th>
           <th></th>
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
         <% @bulk_update_requests.each do |request| %>
           <tr id="request-<%= request.id %>">
             <td><%= link_to_user(request.user) %></td>
+            <td><%= link_to(request.forum_topic_id, forum_topic_path(request.forum_topic_id)) %></td>
             <td><%= request.script %></td>
             <td><%= request.status %></td>
             <td>
diff --git a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/new.html.erb b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/new.html.erb
index 18ec8afb2..a78a69263 100644
--- a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/new.html.erb
@@ -4,19 +4,27 @@
     <%= simple_form_for(@bulk_update_request) do |f| %>
       <%= error_messages_for("bulk_update_request") %>
 
-      <pre>
-Use the following format:
+      <%= f.input :title, :as => :string %>
 
+      <div class="input">
+        <label class="text optional" for="bulk_update_request_script">Script</label>
+<pre class="hint">
+Use the following format:
 remove alias aaa -> bbb
 remove implication aaa -> bbb
 create alias aaa -> bbb
 create implication aaa -> bbb
 mass update aaa -> bbb
-      </pre>
+</pre>
+        <%= text_area :bulk_update_request, :script, :size => "50x10" %>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="input">
+        <%= dtext_field "bulk_update_request", "reason", :name => "Reason" %>
+      </div>
 
-      <%= f.input :script, :as => :text %>
-      <%= f.input :forum_topic_id %>
       <%= f.button :submit, :value => "Submit" %>
+      <%= dtext_preview_button "bulk_update_request", "reason" %>
     <% end %>
 
   </div>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_aliases/_secondary_links.html.erb b/app/views/tag_aliases/_secondary_links.html.erb
index 663069a99..f72861d32 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_aliases/_secondary_links.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_aliases/_secondary_links.html.erb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <% else %>
       <li><%= link_to "Request alias", new_tag_alias_request_path %></li>
     <% end %>
+    <li><%= link_to "Request bulk update", new_bulk_update_request_path %></li>
     <li><%= link_to "Help", wiki_pages_path(:title => "help:tag_aliases") %></li>
   </menu>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implications/_secondary_links.html.erb b/app/views/tag_implications/_secondary_links.html.erb
index aafe29969..3bc0b464b 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_implications/_secondary_links.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_implications/_secondary_links.html.erb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <% else %>
       <li><%= link_to "Request implication", new_tag_implication_request_path %></li>
     <% end %>
+    <li><%= link_to "Request bulk update", new_bulk_update_request_path %></li>
     <li><%= link_to "Help", wiki_pages_path(:title => "help:tag_implications") %></li>
   </menu>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index d87ae08e3..e06e6276d 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 --
 
 SET statement_timeout = 0;
+SET lock_timeout = 0;
 SET client_encoding = 'UTF8';
 SET standard_conforming_strings = on;
 SET check_function_bodies = false;
diff --git a/test/models/bulk_update_request_test.rb b/test/models/bulk_update_request_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b7748903..000000000
--- a/test/models/bulk_update_request_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-require 'test_helper'
-
-class BulkUpdateRequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  # test "the truth" do
-  #   assert true
-  # end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb b/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..744dc488e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class BulkUpdateRequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  context "creation" do
+    setup do
+      CurrentUser.user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+    end
+
+    teardown do
+      CurrentUser.user = nil
+    end
+
+    should "create a forum topic" do
+      assert_difference("ForumTopic.count", 1) do
+        BulkUpdateRequest.create(:title => "abc", :reason => "zzz", :script => "create alias aaa -> bbb")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end